Tuesday, May 22, 2007

InfoWeapons, a global provider of network infrastructure appliances, appointed Takashi Togawa as President its Asia Pacific operations. Togawa will be responsible for leading the development of InfoWeapons' products and will manage the delivery of technical solutions throughout Asia.

Togawa joins InfoWeapons from NTT Communications, known for being one of the largest telecommunications firm in the world, where he was the general manager of its office in the Philippines. Togawa spent 28 years at NTT and in that time he also worked in NTT Laboratories and worked in NTT's Network Design and Planning for the company's data services business in Japan.

"Togawa has a proven track record of scaling technology development organizations to a level of consistent and sustainable growth, with specific expertise in telecommunications and data services," said Luis Gopez, CEO of InfoWeapons. "I am very pleased that Togawa has decided to bring his experience and enthusiasm to InfoWeapons. Also, his understanding of quality and reliability in the telecommunications world will bring the company enviable products and accelerated revenues that ensure 2007 will be a banner year for us."

InfoWeapons focuses on methods that enable rapid transition to next generation network technologies. Its flagship product, SolidDNS™, is a DNS appliance designed to drive even the largest of networks with support for next generation networks. Its other key product is SolidGate™ that provides an integrated solution combining key technologies to maximize networks for emerging IP-based services. TV, voice, data and other media types are converging to use IP-based networks as their medium of transport.

The event objective is to provide a venue that will bring together significant stakeholders from the ICT capitals of Asia - Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, China, and India - to discuss their vision for sustaining and accelerating the transformation of Asia into the world's premiere IT investment destination and global outsourcing center.

I will participate in a breakout session panel discussion on “The Challenge of Quality Assurance Certification in the Philippines.” The moderated panel, scheduled from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm on June 27, will consider how high costs and a very limited number of certified consultants make it difficult for Philippine ITES providers to leverage Quality Assurance certification.

About Me

Janette Toral is the site owner of DigitalFilipino.com. At her highest value, she delivers independent insights through research, education, training, e-learning, consulting, public speaking.

She is a Fascinate Certified Advisor, Certified ScrumMaster, and Certified Scrum Product Owner.

She participated in the IVLP or International Visitors Leadership Program 2011 (individual program) sponsored by the U.S. Embassy. Featured as 1 of the 6 women innovator at the APEC Women and Economy Summit 2011, San Francisco, USA.

She got recognized as Champion of Philippine Internet and E-Commerce Hall of Fame Award given by Asian Institute of E-Commerce in 2010; Globe Tattoo Digital Elder Award 2009; E-Services E-Champion Awards 2008 - Policy and Legal Category by the Department of Trade and Industry / CITEM / Board of Investments; International Schools Cyberfair Ambassador Award 2004 and 2002 given by Global Schoolnet USA; World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) Philippines Awards 2003 E-Learning Category for her E-Commerce Workshop Online.

Janette, as former technical consultant / executive director of the Congressional Oversight Committee for the E-Commerce Law, was instrumental for the creation of policies in the area of consumer protection (value added services, e-commerce, electronic banking), data privacy for the private sector, and acceptance of electronic payment in government.

As founding president of the Philippine Internet Commerce Society, she was instrumental for the passage of the Y2K Law and E-Commerce Law. She retired in 2002. Other organizations she served as board member in the past were the Philippine Computer Emergency Response Team (PH-CERT) and Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines (IMMAP).

She is a distinguished expert for the 2nd Expert Committee of APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance.